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Journal of Adhesion, Vol.90, No.9, 802-813, 2014
Effect of Blend Ratio and Testing Rate on the Adhesion Properties of Epoxidized Natural Rubber (ENR-50)/Acrylonitrile-Butadiene Rubber (NBR) Blend Adhesive
Dependence of adhesion properties of epoxidized natural rubber (ENR-50)/acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber (NBR) adhesive on rubber blend ratio and testing rate was systematically studied. Coumarone-indene resin and toluene were used as tackifier and solvent, respectively. The rubber blend ratio was fixed at 0%, 20%, 40%, 60%, 80%, and 100% of ENR-50 content. A hand coater was used to coat the adhesive onto a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) at 30, 60, 90, and 120 mu m coating thicknesses. Loop tack, peel strength, and shear strength were determined by a Llyod Adhesion Tester operating at 10-60cm/min. Results indicate that loop tack and peel strength passes through a maximum value at 40% ENR-50, an observation which is attributed to the optimum wettability and compatibility of adhesive at this optimum ENR-50 content. However, for the shear strength, it increases steadily with % ENR-50 due to the constant increase in cohesive strength. For a fixed blend ratio, adhesion property increases with coating thickness and rate of testing.